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- M. PARIDON MACHINE FOR MAKING MATCH BOOKS I Filed June' 21. 1921 :5Sheets-Sheet 5 MICHAEL PARIDON, 01E BARBERTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THEDIAMOND MATCH COM- PANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OFILLINOIS.

' MACHINE FOR MAKING MATCH BOOKS.

Application filed June 21, 1921.

, To all wit-m it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MICHAEL PARIDON, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Barberton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for MakingMatch Books, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for making match books, havingreference more especially to the machine described in Letters Patent ofthe United States No. 1,042,- 472, dated October 29, 1912.

The patented machine includes an intermittently movable endless carrierchain into the links of which cover blanks, folded at one end, areintroduced by oscillating folding blades, the leading ends of suchblades entering into and receding from the links which are successivelypresented thereto. Such links sometimes fail to aline with the foldingblades, on account of wear from long service, in which event the bladesabruptly impinge against the opposing links, with resulting injury tothe blade-actuating mechanism.

It is the object of my invention to obviate liability of damage to themechanism under the circumstances mentioned; and to that end theinvention comprises a novel yielding connection between the foldingblades and their actuating mechanism, as will be hereinafter describedand claimed.

in the drawings Figure 1 is a partial front elevation of a book-matchmachine embodying a preferred form of my invention, only so much of themachine being shown as is necessary to illustrate the improvement.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the machine, as on the line22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan; partly in section, as on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section through the cover carrier and its adjuncts, as onthe line 44 of Fig. 3, illustrating the action of the bladeactuatingmechanism when the delivery motion of the blade is interrupted by animproperly positioned link.

Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional details, on the lines '55 and 66,respectively, of'Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates a suitable supporting frame,including a table 11 upon and along which is guided the upper run of anend1$$ Carrier confor flat cover blanks.

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stituted by a chain of links 12, whereof each is constructed to receiveand support an end folded cover. The chain is intermittently driven bysuitable mechanism, comprising a gear wheel 13 in mesh with rack-teeth14 on the links. Adjacent the path of the chain is arranged themechanism whereby pairs of cover blanks 15 are folded at one end andinserted into the linksof the carrier, which mechanism includes twospacedapart brackets 16 upon which are respectively supported hoppers ormagazines 17 The bottoms of the magazines comprise reciprocative suctionslides 18 by means of which the lowermost blanks are successivelyremoved from the magazines. On the inner sides of the brackets 16 arebolted segmental members 18, respectiVely,-each having a curved passage19 extending from top to bottom, the

outer side of which passage is open, its top being located directlybelow one end of the blank withdrawn from the adjacent hopper by thesuction slide.

Curved blades 20 corresponding with the respective passages are carriedby arms 21 on a rocker-shaft 22 which is journaled in a suitablydisposed bracket 22 and is actuated to swing the blades into and fromthe passages. The blades in their downward stroke engage the opposin endportions of the respective cover blan s and tuck them down into thepassages, thereby effecting the folding of such end portions, carryingthe folded blanks bodily through the curved passages,

and setting the folds within spaced links of the endless carrier. Aftereach set of blanks has been folded and entered in the carrier, and theblades retracted from the links, the carrier is advanced to bringanother pair of links into position to receive another pair of foldedcover blanks, and so on. 1

The mechanisms above referred to are or may be similar in constructionand operation to the corresponding mechanisms of Patent No. 1,042,472aforesaid, excepting as hereinafter particularly described.

As previously constructed the blades were positively actuated throughlever and link connections between the rocker-shaft 22 and anappropriate cam fast on the main shaftof the machine, and hence in theevent of any of the carrier links failing to aline with the path of thefolding blades such blades would strike the opposing links and thusinjure the connections as above mentioned. This objection is effectuallyovercome by my invention, a preferred form of which is as follows: Faston the rocker-shaft 22 is a gear sector 23 in mesh with a similar sector24 fast on a rocker-shaft 25 having its bearings in suitably-disposedbrackets 26 on the main frame. Enclrcling the shaft 25 isa coiled spring27 one end of which is secured to a collar 28 fast on the shaft 25, andthe other end of which spring is secured to the hub of a rocker-elementwhich is constituted, in the present instance, by a crankarm 29 loose onthe shaft 25. The crankarm 29 is provided with a lateral projection 30whichis normally maintained by the torsional action of the springconnection, in

. contact with an adjacent rocker-element constituted preferably'by atoe 31 fast on the shaft 25. If desired the projection may be formed onthe toe so as to'overlie the crankarm. The crank-arm is positivelyoscillated 25. In the upward stroke of the arm, the' projection 30thereof being in contact with the toe 31, raises the latter, thuspositively turning the rocker-shaft 25 in a manner to swing the sector24 downward. Such motion being transmitted to the sector 23, therocker-shaft 22 is turned in a manner to swing the blades upward. SeeFig. 2. In the upward motion of the crank-arm and the toe the collar 28is concurrently turned therewith and with the shaft 25, and hence thespringis bodily rotated without torsional strain.

In the donward movement of the crankarm the motion is transmitted throuh the spring coupling to the collar 28, an perforce, to the shaft 25,the toe normally remaining in contact with the projection 30 of thecrank-arm. If the links be in proper position. to permit the blades toregister therewith the blades will enter the links and the toe willmaintain its close relation to the projection of the crank-arm; but if,for any reason, the links be out of operative relation to the blades andthus obstruct the free entry of the latter, then the crank-arm the armand effectually obviates all liability of damage to the mechanism underthe condition mentioned.

It is to be understood that my invention is not limited tothe specificconstruction herein disclosed, as the same may be various ly modifiedwithin the principle ofmy invention and the scope of the appendedclaims. v

I claim- 1. In a machine for making match books, the combination with acarrier comprising a succession of cover holders, of means for foldingcover blanks and inserting them into said holders, said means includinga folding blade, a rocker-shaft, operative connection between said shaftand blade, a positively actuated rocker element loose on said shaft,means whereby the motion of the said element in one direction ispositively transmitted to the shaft, and a spring connection throughwhich the motion of the said element in the other direction is trans-' asuccession of cover holders, of means for folding cover blanks andinserting them into said holders, said means including a folding blade,a rocker-shaft, operative connection between said shaft and blade, tworocker elements fast and loose respectively on said shaft, oneof saidelements having a projection with which the other, element contacts, aspring connection between the loose element and the shaft, and mechanismfor positively actuating said loose element.

3. In a machine for making match books, the combination with a carriercomprising a succession of cover holders, of means for folding coverblanks and inserting them into said holders, said means including afolding blade, a rocker shaft, operative connection between said shaftand blade, a toe fast on the shaft, a crank-arm loose on the shaft andprovided with a rojection underlying the toe, a spring encircling theshaft and aflixed at one end to the crank-arm and at its other end tothe shaft, and mechanism MICHAEL maroon.

